Scheduling an Order 

Prerequisites

You have maintained all the necessary scheduling data on the header data screen, the operation overview and the detail data screens of the order. Refer to Maintaining Scheduling Data.

Procedure

Scheduling an Order (Normal)

  1. Call up the order in change mode.
  2. In the header data screen or the operation overview, choose Order ® Functions ® Dates ® Schedule.

The following cases can occur:

The system does not take account of date entries for sub-operations during scheduling. However, you can specify sub-operation dates by entering the time interval with reference to the operation in the sub-operation date screen.
  1. Save the order.

Scheduling an Order with Relationships

  1. Call up the order in change mode.
  2. In the operation overview, choose Goto ® Graphic ® Network structure.

    3. The structure graphic appears, containing the operations for the order and its networked orders and any relationships created between the operations.

    The system only schedules the order selected; the dates for the other orders are unchanged.

  3. Call up the scheduling function using Order ® Functions ® Schedule.

    4. The system schedules the order and informs you in an online message that scheduling has been completed.

  4. You can display the dates determined in different ways:

In the graphic, choose Settings ® Display operations. The system displays a dialog box in which you can select a method of display. Choose Continue.

You select the required operations with Edit ® Select ® <Desired option> and then choose Details ® Dates.

The system displays the dates for the selected operations.
  1. Return to the graphic and save the order.

Scheduling All Orders for an Order Network Collectively

  1. Depending on the application component in which you are working, choose one of the following menu paths:

The initial screen for total network scheduling for orders appears.
  1. Enter the number of an order that is part of the network you want to schedule.
  2. Choose Edit ® Schedule.

    3. The screen with the valid scheduling data appears.

  3. Make all the necessary entries or changes.
  4. Start the scheduling function with Order scheduling ® Execute.

    5. The system now schedules all the orders that are networked with the order you entered on the initial screen. Scheduling takes place for the dates that you entered in the section Scheduling.

    The system displays an online message to inform you that scheduling has been completed.

  5. You can now call up the following display functions to check the data calculated:

To display both the old dates for the individual orders of the order network and their operations, and the new ones calculated by the system, choose Goto ® Date overview old/new.

If the system is unable to schedule the order, you can display the reason in a log. To do this, choose Goto ® Logs ® Scheduling.
  1. Save the order network.

You schedule an individual order which is included in an order network using relationships in exactly the same way as an order that is not included in an order network. Although the system considers the dates of the other orders for the order to be scheduled, the dates of the other orders remain unchanged.